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"Kevorkian tried to portray himself as a careful...

March 10, 1996

"Kevorkian tried to portray himself as a careful `obitiatrist.' "

3/5 Chicago Tribune

OBITIATRIST: During his assisted-suicide trial, Dr. Jack Kevorkian apparently coined this term--from the Latin root "obitus" meaning death and the Greek word "iatreia" meaning healing--seeming to describe himself as someone who heals with death.